A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes

by Eric Jay Dolin

Book Overview

Hurricanes menace North America from June through November every year, each as powerful as 10,000 nuclear bombs. These megastorms will likely become more intense as the planet continues to warm, yet we too often treat them as local disasters and TV spectacles, unaware of how far-ranging their impact can be. As best-selling historian Eric Jay Dolin contends, we must look to our nation's past if we hope to comprehend the consequences of the hurricanes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631495275
• ISBN13: 9781631495274
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant And Engrossing!

Well written and well formulated account of hurricane history in the US. Mr. Dolin took an interesting subject and made it fascinating. Excellent read.